Los Angeles mayoral candidate and reality TV star Spencer Pratt trolled Democratic incumbent Karen Bass with a fake attack ad targeting himself.
Pratt posted the AI-generated ad on his X account on Wednesday. He jokingly highlighted his own campaign’s use of AI videos and said, “Karen Bass got FOMO. These AI attack ads are crazy desperate.”
The parody video is designed to look like an attack ad from Bass. In the video, Pratt essentially argued that Bass is foolish for attacking him because, in his view, his policies are sensible.
The video showed a scene with a mother jogging in a park with her baby as two men chase her down a sidewalk.
“As a busy mom, running away from the crazy drug addicts in our park is the only exercise I get,” she said in the video. “Spencer wants to get rid of them. Does he want me to be fat?”
Pratt has consistently brought up the homelessness and drug problems in the city. During a mayoral debate last week, Pratt criticized city Councilwoman Nithya Raman, who is also running for mayor, about her “treatment-first” approach, saying, “She’s going to get stabbed in the neck” by drug addicts.
Another scene showed a father and daughter surrounded by flames, an allusion to the Palisades fire, a topic that Pratt has criticized Bass for.
As the flames surrounded them and the girl cried, her father said, “A vote for Spencer is a vote for change. Why would you vote for change when everything is fine? Stay the course with Karen Bass.”
He then turned to the girl and said, “Smile, damn it!”
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The end of the video jokingly said, “Don’t take the bait, stay the course with Bass.”
The primary election will be held on June 2.